#C9E46F#C9E46F

#C9E46F is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.146 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E46F
RGB	rgb(201, 228, 111)
HSL	hsl(74, 68%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(74, 51%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 51.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.53, -26.04, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.53, 59.52, 115.94°)
OKLab	oklab(87.49% -0.0739 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(87.49% 0.146 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.7005, 69.0522, 25.4825)
Luminance	0.6905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E46F #8A6FE4

analogous

#E4C56F #C9E46F #8FE46F

triadic

#C9E46F #6FC9E4 #E46FC9

tetradic

#C9E46F #6FE4C5 #8A6FE4 #E46F8F

square

#C9E46F #6FE4C5 #8A6FE4 #E46F8F

split-complementary

#C9E46F #6F8FE4 #C56FE4

monochromatic

#94B622 #B6DA3B #C9E46F #DCEEA3 #F0F7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C9E46F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#C9E46F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E46F

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E46F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E46F	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D964

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e46f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 228, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.146 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbec9b',
    500: '#c9e46f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e46f;
$custom-light: #dbec9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e46f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.846,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87485,
    "c": 0.14649,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E46F

secondary

#5C40B7

accent

#15D040

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E46F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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